Internet Explorer/Firefox issues
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Yeah, same here......it comes and goes. I have a Dell Inspiron 530 Core 2 Duo 2.2ghz with WinXP Home and three gigs of RAM.
I just checked my Add/Remove programs and have to correct my previous statement....I have 3.5.2 installed instead. So downloading the most recent version now.
I recently updated my Nvidia drivers for my 8300 GS card (Dell "stock" low end 8 series "workstation card") Been putting it off doing this for a couple of years because my dialup is so slow out here and HUGE files take several hours (if not a few days). The new drivers do improve my 8300's performance in many ways. Yet, there is so much "stuff in it "for my poor lil' weak card" to deal with if a page has a lot of graphics (FTE "Always" loaded slow for me.....but it's well worth the wait!).
Was beginning to think part of my lag was due to my card trying to play "catchup" sometimes.
"sigh"....well, graphics cards prices have dropped considerably where I can afford something better. At least that will work smoother with the new drivers.
I just checked my Add/Remove programs and have to correct my previous statement....I have 3.5.2 installed instead. So downloading the most recent version now.
I recently updated my Nvidia drivers for my 8300 GS card (Dell "stock" low end 8 series "workstation card") Been putting it off doing this for a couple of years because my dialup is so slow out here and HUGE files take several hours (if not a few days). The new drivers do improve my 8300's performance in many ways. Yet, there is so much "stuff in it "for my poor lil' weak card" to deal with if a page has a lot of graphics (FTE "Always" loaded slow for me.....but it's well worth the wait!).
Was beginning to think part of my lag was due to my card trying to play "catchup" sometimes.
"sigh"....well, graphics cards prices have dropped considerably where I can afford something better. At least that will work smoother with the new drivers.
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Yeah, same here......it comes and goes. I have a Dell Inspiron 530 Core 2 Duo 2.2ghz with WinXP Home and three gigs of RAM.
I just checked my Add/Remove programs and have to correct my previous statement....I have 3.5.2 installed instead. So downloading the most recent version now.
I recently updated my Nvidia drivers for my 8300 GS card (Dell "stock" low end 8 series "workstation card") Been putting it off doing this for a couple of years because my dialup is so slow out here and HUGE files take several hours (if not a few days). The new drivers do improve my 8300's performance in many ways. Yet, there is so much "stuff in it "for my poor lil' weak card" to deal with if a page has a lot of graphics (FTE "Always" loaded slow for me.....but it's well worth the wait!).
Was beginning to think part of my lag was due to my card trying to play "catchup" sometimes.
"sigh"....well, graphics cards prices have dropped considerably where I can afford something better. At least that will work smoother with the new drivers.
I just checked my Add/Remove programs and have to correct my previous statement....I have 3.5.2 installed instead. So downloading the most recent version now.
I recently updated my Nvidia drivers for my 8300 GS card (Dell "stock" low end 8 series "workstation card") Been putting it off doing this for a couple of years because my dialup is so slow out here and HUGE files take several hours (if not a few days). The new drivers do improve my 8300's performance in many ways. Yet, there is so much "stuff in it "for my poor lil' weak card" to deal with if a page has a lot of graphics (FTE "Always" loaded slow for me.....but it's well worth the wait!).
Was beginning to think part of my lag was due to my card trying to play "catchup" sometimes.
"sigh"....well, graphics cards prices have dropped considerably where I can afford something better. At least that will work smoother with the new drivers.
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From: Southern Oregon Coast
As for the antivirus - maybe try Avast (http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html) - there is a required registration within 60-days but the free version seems to work fairly well... I used to refer people to AVG but the later offerings have been rather disappointing...
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This site addresses some of the more commonly found issues with Firefox - maybe you can find some answers here:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_:_Issues
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_:_Issues
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From: Whittier, CA
Looks like this has turned into another Firefox thread. Oh well...
When Firefox slows down, open your task manager and click on the processes tab, and see which process is using the heavy resources. It could be a plug-in that is not happy with the particulars of your system or FF version.
When Firefox slows down, open your task manager and click on the processes tab, and see which process is using the heavy resources. It could be a plug-in that is not happy with the particulars of your system or FF version.
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Looks like this has turned into another Firefox thread. Oh well...
When Firefox slows down, open your task manager and click on the processes tab, and see which process is using the heavy resources. It could be a plug-in that is not happy with the particulars of your system or FF version.
When Firefox slows down, open your task manager and click on the processes tab, and see which process is using the heavy resources. It could be a plug-in that is not happy with the particulars of your system or FF version.
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From: Whittier, CA
Be careful with just shutting down a process. I did not suggest doing that, unless you know what it does.
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